Where does “باران” come from?

باران (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian waHr-, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁r- — water, liquid, milk.

باران (Central Kurdish): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “باران”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianwaHr-water; rain
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁r-water, liquid, milk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁r- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian waHr- →
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